After Chen Youliang set off from Xuzhou with the fleet, he instructed Zhang Dingbian to arrange and turn the fleet into a long snake formation, which flowed into Weishan Lake. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhang Dingbian was very puzzled and asked, "Big brother, why don't we list all the ships!" ”

There are almost 400 boats, all of which are deployed, and they can cover the river, so that entering Weishan Lake has a deterrent effect.

Chen Youliang knocked directly on the door of Zhang Dingbian's head, and said angrily: "The strength of the Yuan army is not clear to us at present, if it is all Mengchong battleships, then we will be defeated!" ”

This is not a battle of dozens of ships, naturally dare not be sloppy, Chen Youliang, who has always been cautious, is even more so, and it is the first time to command so many ships, he can't help but feel a little weak and choose a more secure method.

The whole Weishan Lake is sparkling, the lake is very hot at noon, there is a faint mist, and the surrounding silence is a little uncomfortable.

"Something is wrong!"

Chen Youliang felt that Weishan Lake was too quiet, and hurriedly shouted: "Be on guard! ”

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Don't Timur arranged for the third brother to repay Ennu and lead 10,000 sailors to camp on Weishan Island in Weishan Lake.

After getting the news that the Red Turban Army had set off from Xuzhou, Bao Ennu, who was good at water warfare, did not move immediately, but asked quietly: "What is the current formation of the Xuzhou Water Army?" ”

The strength of the water battle on both sides this time was about the same, and the retribution slave was also extremely careful.

After the spies reported that it was a long snake formation, Bao Ennu sneered: "I can't imagine that the red turban thieves are so cautious, so it's okay, then we will fight them in Mashan Bay!" ”

Although there are not many ships in the hands of Bao Ennu, there are only more than a hundred, but there are ten medium-sized Mengchong warships, almost a hundred two-masted warships, in comparison. Chen Youliang's Wupeng boat is simply not enough to see.

Originally, Bao Ennu planned to ambush Chen Youliang, but the hull of the ship was too large, and Chen Youliang was more cautious, so he had to give up and could only fight head-on.

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As soon as Chen Youliang's words fell, the warships that repaid Ennu flashed out one after another from the mouth of Mashan Bay.

The Red Turban Army was stunned, they had never seen so many big ships, Chen Youliang's heart sank, but he still gritted his teeth and said: "Dingbian, after rushing over for a while, you bring some good hands into the water!" ”

"Hmm"

After being mixed up all year round, Zhang Dingbian naturally understood what Chen Youliang meant, and I was afraid that he would have to fight with the Yuan army, and there was only a dead end to open the distance.

Then, Chen Youliang yelled at the boat beside him: "Beat the drum!" ”

For a while, the drum sounded in an orderly manner, and when the sailors of the Red Turban Army heard it, their faces suddenly sank, and the rhythm of this drum meant to continue moving forward.

In the eyes of Bao Ennu, Chen Youliang's move was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and he immediately raised his hand with a sneer and shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

In an instant, many arrows flew densely from the warships of the Yuan army, and the Red Turban Army, which had been prepared, hid one after another, or erected planks and other objects to resist.

There were also many Red Turban soldiers who were driving in front of them who were hit by arrows, but they were quickly pulled into the Upong warehouse by their companions.

The Red Turban Army was just being beaten vigorously at the moment, and there was no act of fighting back, Chen Youliang was still calmly commanding, and the long snake formation would not let too many ships be hit by the arrows of the Yuan Army.

Zhang Dingbian and the good men on each boat are secretly lurking on the other side of the cabin, waiting for the best opportunity.

Seeing that the two sides were getting closer and closer, the arrows fired by the Yuan army in turn slowed down at this time. Chen Youliang's eyes flashed, and he shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

Many of the Red Turbans immediately drew their bows and arrows, drilled out of Wupeng and shot arrows in the direction of the Yuan army.

The ships of the Red Turban Army were relatively short, and many of them did not reach the ships of the Yuan Army, but they still made the Yuan Army shrink their heads in fright. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Dingbian led people to roll over from the edge of the boat to the lake.

In order to cover Zhang Dingbian and the others to successfully climb onto the big ship of the Yuan army, Chen Youliang ordered non-stop, and shouted hoarsely: "Keep firing arrows, quickly!" ”

Under your comings and goings, many of the Red Turbans were killed by arrows, and the casualties were extremely heavy.

No one on the surrounding Upong boats could not take care of the operation, and it was a mess. But still under Chen Youliang's strong order, he had to go out of the cabin to shoot arrows.

Seeing that the losses were getting bigger and bigger, Chen Youliang couldn't help but tremble his teeth, this was the first time he had experienced such a large casualty since he led the army, but he still raised his slightly trembling arm and shouted loudly: "Quick, release the arrow!" ”

The lake below the red turban military ship was gradually stained red with blood, and the repaying slave watched all this under the protection of several Yuan soldiers, his face was like a flower blooming, and he said contemptuously: "The mantis arm is a car, and you can't do it yourself!" ”

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At present, the Yuan army has been stationed near Dangshan, and it seems that it will have a long-term confrontation with the Red Turban Army.

Li Xingze looked up at the fiery sun, turned around and suddenly asked, "How is Chen Youliang over there?" ”

Zhao Pusheng's expression was a little gloomy, and he said in a low voice: "I received the news of the spies just now, and I have already dealt with the Yuan army, and I have suffered heavy losses!" ”

"Huh?"

Li Xingze's eyes were round when he landed, according to the time, it is estimated that this has not been fought for a long time, why did he suffer heavy losses, and hurriedly asked: "What the hell is going on?" ”

After Zhao Pusheng said all the news sent back by the spies, not only Li Xingze, but also the people around him were almost silent.

Although it is the same naval strength, the other party's ships are extraordinary, and Chen Youliang's side, except for the number of ships, there is no other advantage, the problem is that it is useless to have more, if the Mengchong battleship starts to impact and crush the past, the small boat will directly become sawdust.

As long as the brig sets sail, the speed of a two-masted battleship is no less than that of a fish swimming in the water, which is comparable to the slow Wupeng ship. It seems that Chen Youliang thinks very clearly, if they don't hurt the other party, they won't even have a chance to withdraw from the battlefield.

Li Xingze glanced at everyone, gritted his teeth and said: "So far, I can only choose to believe that Chen You forgives, I believe that if it is given to anyone, this battle will not be easy to fight!" ”

If it's okay to say that your own people are okay, the key is the 5,000 sailors on the Yingzhou side, the losses are too great, and it is estimated that it is not easy to explain, Zhao Pusheng thought of this, so he asked with a bitter face: "Senior nephew, Yingzhou over there..."

Li Xingze shook his head helplessly and sighed: "Let's explain to them after the fight!" ”

To be honest, he hasn't figured out how to explain it now, and the Xuzhou Red Turban Army under him will lose its losses, anyway, Miss Ma wants to open it, but there are a lot of people in Yingzhou, and it will definitely be very troublesome at that time.

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There are many corpses of the Red Turban Army floating on the surface of the lake, Chen Youliang's legs are almost weak, people who have been wandering in the water for many years have never seen so many dead bodies floating on the lake.

The Yuan army thought that the stormy arrows would scare off the Red Turban Army, but they didn't know that this was another purpose for Chen Youliang to put up a long snake formation, taking turns to fight head-on with the Yuan army and attrition each other.

The arrows of the Yuan army became slower and slower, and the fleet led by Chen Youliang and the fleet of the Yuan army always pulled some distance, and kept a state of not far and not close to the Yuan army.

The physical strength of the Yuan army was almost exhausted at this time, and Chen Youliang estimated that Zhang Dingbian and his people were already under the warships of the Yuan army, so he stretched out his hand and shouted: "Beat the drum!" ”

In the blink of an eye, a rapid drum sound sounded throughout Weishan Lake, and the soldiers of the Red Turban Army couldn't help but lift their spirits when they heard the drums, and immediately threw down their bows and arrows, and began to row desperately towards the ships of the Yuan Army.

The sound of drums was an order for the whole army to attack, not only for the people on the lake, but also for the people under the lake.

Zhang Dingbian bit his waist knife, stepped on the shoulder of a red turban soldier below, climbed up a few times, exerted force on his waist, and flipped onto the Yuan army's brig.

Bao Ennu, who had always had the upper hand, was waiting for the collapse of the Red Turban Army, but who knows, he has been shooting hard against the Yuan Army.

Bao Ennu gradually lost his patience and was about to give the order to sail and attack, when suddenly, there was a drum beat from the side of the Red Turban Army.

Bao Ennu was puzzled, and noticed that the ships of the Red Turban Army were rushing towards him.

Chen Youliang relied on the only advantage of the small boat's relatively flexible mobility, and took advantage of the unpreparedness of the Yuan army to launch an all-army attack.

At this moment, Bao Ennu hurriedly shouted: "Sail, hurry, row!" ”

It's just that it was too late, Zhang Dingbian led the people to turn over the boats in front of him one after another, and began to fight with the Yuan army.

'Boom! With a loud sound, one by one the Wupeng boats crashed into the ships of the Yuan army, and the Red Turban Army rushed to the warships of the Yuan army one by one with shouts of killing.

The 3,000 Huangzhou sailors who followed Chen Youliang were personally trained by him, and they were all good at receiving string battles, and their melee combat level on the ship was much higher than that of the Yuan army, and they immediately killed the sailors on the boat and jumped into the water to escape.

After the remaining Red Turban Army jumped onto the Yuan Army's boat, they took out the oil and began to light it everywhere.

Suddenly being hit by the Red Turban Army in such a counterattack, Bao Ennu suddenly panicked, and hurriedly shouted: "Beat the drum, withdraw!" ”

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In the evening, the battle report of the navy army came, and Li Xingze almost fainted when he heard the report of the herald.

Of the 8,000 sailors, Chen Youliang lost almost 5,000 men and more than 400 boats, and only more than 100 remained.

The Yuan army was not much better, nearly 10,000 sailors, only about 4,000 people remained, the brig battleship was burned by more than half, and the Mengchong battleship was better, only one was lost.

It seems that the two sides are tied, but compared to the two, the water power on the side of the Red Turban Army no longer has the strength to fight with the Yuan Army.

It is already good to be able to fight like this with an absolute disadvantage, and Li Xingze also knows in his heart, but the 5,000 sailors sent by Yingzhou have lost nearly 4,000 as soon as the war starts, and they don't know how to explain it.

Seeing that the naval army in Huangzhou was established and slowly became a scale, this time it was beaten to the bottom, and Li Xingze's heart was not very comfortable.

"Alas"

Li Xingze sighed and said: "Such a difficult battle, it was fought like this at the beginning, how should we fight it in the future?" ”

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other, Li Junshi has always been confident, why does this time seem to be a little decadent, and the next thing is all up to him. (To be continued.) )